Lincolns view of the world in one word, the word is is. He believes the United States is a country not the United States are. In the prior, states were reviewed as part of an overall confederation of states. He believed we were one country. And he wanted to bring the Southern States back. Second, he wanted to improve the status and the lot of the lives of the americans the africanamericans living in the United States of the time it. Those who were free before, and certainly those who became free. Many of them as a result of lincolns own efforts. When he was killed, everything changed. It sent back relations in this country over 100 years. And it setback the quality of life, and the economy and social development of the Southern States to the point where many Southern States to this day are lagging behind the rest of the country in education and health care and in so many other criteria. Would this have been different if lincoln survived . Impossible to know. But he would have tried. He
Line for q2 and the second half of last year was the strongest since 2003 and europe is trading much better than the nikkei would have suggested. Our roadmap begins with the market. Stocks are set to open in the green this morning after the major indices fell more than 1 in trading yesterday. The good gdp number helping sentiment after the economy grew as we said by 3. 2 . Speaking of green, shares of facebook are soaring after sales and profit topped estimates thanks to a major increase in mobile ads. Profit for the year totaled 1. 5 billion compared to 53 million in 2012 and what a difference two years makes. Google is selling motorola to lenovo for just under 3 billion. Just a couple years after buying the company for about 12. 5 billion. But well begin with the markets. Futures are pointing to a higher open after yesterdays selloff on the gdp reports and claims and the economy is growing 3. 2 in the last quarter shrugging off the effects of the Government Shutdown and the debt stan
Research Senior Research economist michelle mire and well talk through everything thats been happening through jobs and what to expect. But first, there is a developing story. An earthquake off the northeast coast of japan triggered a tsunami warning. The warning has been lifted, but it was a 7. 3 quake. So far no reports of any injuries or damage. It was for the same area devastated by an earthquake and tsunami back in march of last year. We will continue to bring you any developments. In the meantime, steve has some of the mornings top other stories. Lets start with the markets. Asian stocks rallying to 2012 highs overnight. The nikkei edging lower after hitting a se hitting hitting a seven month closing high yesterday. European trading, shares seem to be fwllat. Bundesbank announced it had cut its Growth Outlook for the country. In the u. S. , the nasdaq snapped its losing streak yesterday with its first gain in five days. The dow was on pace for its Third Straight weekly gain. U. S
Of an ecd press report. Our road map this morning starting with apple, cratering on its biggest decline yesterday on four years, closing just pennies off the lows of the session. The stock continues lower premarket as investors watch the death cross watch. A cnbc exclusive, tim geithner says over the cliff is a must. Bank of england and ecb keeps rates unchanged. Europe continues to hang in there economically. And nat gas gets a boost. The government finds exporting it is better than keeping it here at home. Apple as we mentioned in the spotlight today, shares of the tech giant coming off their worst day in four years, sliding back into bear market territory. The one day loss erased nearly 35 billion in market cap. That chunk is bigger than 400 other s p 500 companies. Apple ceo tim cook talked to Nbcs Brian Williams in our rock center exclusive. Why cant you be a made in America Company . You know, this i found, as a matter of fact, the engine in here is made in america. And not only
Cant wait to see what jason got us here. Welcome to squawk on the street on this final trading day before christmas. Im carl, with melissa lee, david faber at the nyse. The New York Stock Exchange and nasdaq closing at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time. The futures, a little bit of weakness here which well talk about in a minute, after it comes after a pretty bad day on friday. The european markets closed for the Christmas Eve holidays. London, paris, spain have each completed shortened sessions in light of the Christmas Holiday as well. The friday selloff, only five trading days are left in the year. Is the market getting used to the idea that a fiscal cliff solution will not happen before year end . Only a few hours remain to finish your christmas shopping. But some words of caution for toymakers. Are tablets and apps ruining the season as kids get more accustomed to technology . Microsoft windows 8 gets more bad press today, as the New York Times said it is not leading to a boost in pc sales.